Improvement in bed-bottoms



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Bed-Bottoms.

Patented Nov. 25,1873..

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UNITED STATES PATENT CEEIOE.

LEWIS M. CROSBY AND EZRA G. CAMERON, OF ASHTABUDA, OHIO; SAID CAMERON ASSIGNOR TO SAID CROSBY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-BOTTOMS.

Specification forming palt of Letters Patent No. 144,959, dated November 25, 1873; application filed July 2, 1673.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEwIs M. CROSBY and EZRA G. CAMERON, of Ashtabula, in the county of Ashtabula and in the State of Ohio, have invented -certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Bottoni and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a pa-rt of this specifi-` The nature of our invention consists in the inode of securing the springs in a spring bedbottom, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable othersl skilled in the art to which our invention appertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction and Operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is an end view of a bedbottom einbodying our invention. Fig. 2 shows the inode of fastening the upper end of the spring, and Fig. 3 is a section, showing the modes of fastening both ends of the springs. Figs. 4 and 5 represent a modification of the mode of fastening the upper end of the spring.

A represents a frame of any suitable dimensions, upon the end pieces of which are supported the springs B B, and these springs support the slats C C. The sill or frame A is provided with openings for the reception of the ends of the springs. After the lower coil is formed in each spring, the wire is then bent straight downward a short distance, as seen at w, and then again bent at right angles, as seen at y. This portion of the spring is passed into the openings in the frame, and a key, a, is then inserted in the mortise, whichY thus holds the spring to its place.

The upper ends of the springs are fastened in the following manner: A wide piece, D, of webbing is laid across on the under side of the slats. The upper fold of each spring is against this webbing, and a narrow piece, E, of webbing is passed under the upper fold of each spring. The two strips are then, together, tacked to the slats, as shown. By this means the upper ends of the springs are not only firmly held in their places, but all noise and rattling are prevented.

Three strips of narrow webbing may be used in place of one wide and one narrow. This modication is shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and answers precisely the same purpose.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The coil-springs B, with straight projecA tions x and angular ends y, in combination with the slats A with oblong slots, and the wedges a, all substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the springs B and slats C, of the wide webbing D and narrow webbing E, arranged as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands and sealsV this 10th day of June, 1873.

LEWIS M. CROSBY. [1.. s] E. G. CAMERON. [L. sj Witnesses:

JOHN SoovILLE, C. BOOTH. 

